Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people work more hours

Table 5 BMI, spousal annual income, and log hours of work for married women

	White	White	Black	Black	Hispanic	Hispanic
Panel A: BMI and spousal annual income
BMI	−0.112*** (−3.885)	−0.108*** (−3.772)	−0.0396 (−0.947)	−0.0177 (−0.405)	−0.118** (−2.192)	−0.0459 (−0.993)
Control for wife’s characteristics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Control for husband’s characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	5239	5239	1210	1210	1061	1061
Panel B: BMI and hours of work with and without spousal characteristics
BMI	0.00702*** (3.112)	0.00659*** (2.890)	0.00403 (1.410)	0.00414 (1.491)	0.000248 (0.0641)	−0.000391 (−0.0956)
Control for own wage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Control for spousal characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	5239	5239	1210	1210	1061	1061

Note 1: Control variables include work experience (quadratic), educational categories, dummies for whether the woman believes in traditional gender roles, whether the woman has any children, if the youngest child is below six, yearly age dummies, region of residence dummies, and year dummies. We also control for spouse’s age, educational categories, and annual income. Note 2: All t-stats reported are based on standard errors clustered at the individual level. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, and * p < 0.10